Chapter 1123 High Pressure
"...Our performance in the first half was not good enough, and we cannot continue to play like this in the second half!"
Back in the dressing room, Mexico coach Alfonso Ledes had harsh words for his players.
"In the second half, we have to press them high. We must press them and create pressure on them! We must not let them do whatever they want like in the first half! Vega!"
He named the team's midfielder, and Juan Vega puffed up his chest and looked at him.
"In the second half, you don't need to stay behind and be responsible for sweeping the midfield. You have to follow their No. 10! Wherever he goes, you go. If he retreats, you go up. In short, you must not let him take the ball at will! ”
Vega nodded: "Understood, sir."
Due to Mexico's tactical setup in the first half, their midfielder Juan Vega did not restrict Zhang Qinghuan, but protected him in the midfield and was responsible for sweeping the central area. This can ensure that Mexico's midfielder will not be penetrated by the Chinese team, but it also brings about a problem, that is, Zhang Qinghuan has more freedom.
Therefore, Zhang Qinghuan caused a lot of trouble for Mexico in the first half. For example, his through ball to Hulay forced center back Jose Tona to be embarrassed.
The last goal of the Chinese team was also initiated by Zhang Qinghuan, who intercepted Jonathan Hernandez's header.
Rydes' tactical arrangement in the first half was to allow Vega to protect the space in front of the back line.
But now it seems that the effect is not very good.
So he quickly adjusted and asked Weijia to step forward and interfere with Zhang Qinghuan.
At the same time, he also made adjustments to the two full-backs Sosa Nascimento and Rolando Perez, asking them to actively press forward in the second half of the game to defend the Chinese team's two wing-backs Chen Xingyi. and Luo Kai.
Coupled with the two central defenders, Mexico has a targeted defensive goal for everyone on the field.
Through continuous high-pressure pressing, the Chinese team was thrown into disarray.
After all, with the strength of the Chinese team, how can it cope with the high-intensity pressing?
Finally, Leders opened his palms and showed them to the players: "Ten minutes, in the first ten minutes, we will not hesitate to press them and impact them! Once we grab the ball, we will use our speed and technical advantages to tear apart their defense." , bring up the tempo of the game and don’t give them a chance to slow down and think! As long as we score, the rest of the game will be much easier to handle!”
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In the second half of the game, the Chinese team kicked off and they passed the football back as usual.
The Mexican players pressed forward.
The Chinese team passed the ball back all the way, and they pressed forward all the way.
Pressed all the way to the Chinese team's back line.
When center back Mao Jun was getting the ball in the penalty area, Wang Guangwei and Liu Yan opened up horizontally, creating space and angle for Mao Jun to pass the ball.
But Mexico's three forwards also spread out horizontally, blocking them one-on-one, showing a pressing force.
It's not that they are following the three defenders of the Chinese team, but that everyone is about six or seven meters away from their goal.
Make sure that Mao Jun is passing the football to any central defender partner, and the Mexican forwards can immediately pounce on it.
The two midfielders of the Chinese team, Gao Ruimin and Xia Xiaoyu, retreated to meet Mao Junzheng who had the ball.
But Mexico's two central midfielders followed immediately.
Among them, Eduardo Angel, who plays for Antwerp City, a strong team in Belgium, can be said to be inseparable and very close to Xia Xiaoyu.
The Chinese team's three defenders have to maintain a distance of about six or seven meters when defending against three forwards. From this defensive distance, we can also see how much Mexico attaches great importance to Xia Xiaoyu, an important ball-playing point for the Chinese team in the midfield and backfield.
As for Gao Ruimin, a purely defensive midfielder, another Mexican midfielder, Jonathan Hernandez, did not follow closely. But that doesn't mean we should relax our vigilance. It's still at a reasonable distance. As long as the football is passed to Gao Ruimin, Hernandez still has enough time to rush up and stick to it.
Seeing that both midfielders were being targeted, Zhang Qinghuan retreated to respond.
Different from the first half, Mexican midfielder Juan Vega, who had allowed him to retreat before, followed him all the way back this time. Zhang Qinghuan looked back several times and saw that the other party was behind him.
So his ball release point was also locked...
Zhang Qinghuan had no choice but to shout loudly to Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai to drop deeper to increase the number of points in the backcourt.
As a result, as Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai retreated, the two Mexican full-backs stepped forward, crossed the center line directly, and got stuck in front of Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai.
If the two of them get the ball and want to move forward, they will collide with the two Mexican full-backs.
The situation is the same with Hu Lai and Zhou Zijing, there are people around them.
It can be said that currently on the court, except for the goalkeepers of both sides, it is "man-to-man" in the true sense.
Facing Mexico's high-level press, the Chinese team was a little uncomfortable.
Especially Mao Junzheng who got the ball in the penalty area of the Chinese team.
At first he wanted to pass it to Wang Guangwei, but turned around and found someone on Wang Guangwei's side. He wanted to pass the ball to Xia Xiaoyu again, but Xia Xiaoyu was followed by the opponent's Angel.
There were also people around Zhang Qinghuan who retreated.
After Mao Junzheng hesitated several times, Mexican center Arturo Jaquez no longer allowed him to get the ball from a distance of six or seven meters like before, but without warning... suddenly rushed forward and tried to Steal the ball directly in the Chinese team's penalty area!
"Get back to me!" Hao De, who was wearing the captain's armband, was the first to notice Jaques's movements and quickly reminded Mao Junzheng loudly - at this time, he was looking far ahead and did not notice the situation in front of him.
Fortunately, Hao De reminded him in time. Mao Jun was unable to think about the situation and immediately passed the football back to Hao De. At the same time, he blocked Jaques with his body.
Despite this, the situation was critical. Hao De didn't care whether there was a contact point in front of him or not, and kicked the football forward with a big kick.
Such a forced long ball was inaccurate.
Although Zhou Zijing ran desperately towards the landing point of the football, he failed to grab the ball.
The flying football allowed Mexican center back Gonzalez Sandoval to directly pass to full-back Sosa Nascimento.
After the Chinese team kicked off the second half, the ball was handed over to Mexico.
Then Mexico attacked.
They quickly hit the frontcourt, and then their forward Nuno Alvarez cut in from the wing and shot a cold arrow!
Fortunately, Hao De concentrated his attention, soared into the air, and lifted the football over the crossbar with one hand!
Mexico gets a corner kick.
"What a risk! Hao De made a wonderful save! Just two minutes into the second half, the Mexican team threatened our goal, and their frontcourt press was very fierce. It can be seen that they wanted to take advantage of our players just at the beginning of the second half. There is no chance to enter the game state so quickly and launch a surprise attack... You must be particularly careful at this stage!”
He Feng first applauded Hao De's performance, and then reminded the players.
The first few minutes of a game are the most dangerous because it takes time for players to get into game mode from rest. Not everyone can get into the rhythm of the game all of a sudden. After all, they don’t have switches installed on them...
Faced with this kind of high-position pressing, it is inevitable that you will be a little at a loss.
But everyone can also see that high-position pressing is a very physically demanding tactic. It is impossible for Mexico to maintain this high-intensity pressing, so as long as the Chinese team can withstand this wave without conceding the ball, it will be able to regain the upper hand.
The Chinese team players retreated into their penalty area to defend Mexico's corner kick attack.
But at the same time, they were also prepared to hit the opponent with a counterattack - the Chinese team's goal in the first half was exactly a counterattack through a corner kick.
If the Chinese team can score another goal, they will be much more calm with a two-goal lead even if they face Mexico's high press.
If the mentality is different, the performance will naturally be different.
"Push them out! Don't let them get close to the goal!" Goalkeeper Hao De raised his arms and loudly ordered his teammates to defend. "Keep an eye on their two centre-backs!!"
Amid his shouts, players from both sides became entangled.
The referee blew his whistle, and the football was kicked out by forward Nuno Alvarez, drawing an obvious arc towards the goal!
Two Mexican center backs rushed towards the Chinese team's goal and compressed Wang Guangwei and Mao Junzheng back.
Juan Vega, the midfielder who was ambushing behind them, jumped up high and hit the ball through his teammate Jose Tona who was covering for him!
The football was knocked towards the back of the goal by him!
Goalkeeper Hao De saw Vega's header and jumped to save again, but it was already too late...
He could only watch the football flying into his goal in the air!
Only three minutes into the second half, the Chinese team lost the ball!
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